A Strange Bombing in Port SudanThe Sudanese government is claiming that Israeli jets bombed the city of Port Sudan this week resulting in the deaths of two people. As local politician Mohammed Tahir told Al Jazeera, “A plane bombed a small car which was coming from Port Sudan airport to the town … There were two people in the car and both were killed. The vehicle was completely destroyed.” Apparently, “The plane flew in from the direction of the Red Sea, destroyed the vehicle at about 10:00pm (19:00 GMT), and returned in the direction from which it came.” Sudanese foreign minister Ali Ahmad Karti told the BBC that “We have indications that the attack was carried out by Israel. We are absolutely sure of this.” In 2009, Israel was linked to a similar strike on Red Sea State in Sudan, an attack which was linked by the press to arms smuggling into Gaza.

Meanwhile, in Gaza, Ha’aretz reports that “Two Palestinian civilians including a pregnant woman were wounded Wednesday when Israeli warplanes carried out air strikes.” Allegedly, F-16s were targeting “terror tunnels” in the northern part of the Strip but “Palestinian witnesses said that one of the air strikes targeted a plastic factory in eastern Gaza City, wounding the civilians in a neighboring house.”